Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort (bapt. 16 December 1609 – bur. 9 March 1680) was a
Dutch Golden Age
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painter.
Biography
Santvoort was born and died in
Amsterdam
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, where he married in 1648 and had a son named Rembrandt.
[Dirck Dircksz. van Santvoort]
in the RKD
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He married a second time in 1657. Though not registered as a Rembrandt pupil, he is considered a member of Rembrandt's school of painting, creating portraits and historical allegories.
[
He was the brother of the landscape painter ]Pieter Dircksz Santvoort
Pieter Dircksz. van Santvoort (1604–1635), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
He was born in Amsterdam and is known for landscapes in the manner of Esaias van de Velde. .
Known works
* ''Regentesses of the Spinhuis'', 1638
References
External links
Dirck Dircksz. van Santvoort
on Artnet
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Works and literature
at PubHist
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1609 births
1680 deaths
Painters from Amsterdam
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters